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English House Clocks, 1600-1850: An Historical Survey and Guide for Collectors and Dealers
by Bird, Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good++/Near Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0715357670
- ISBN 13
- 9780715357675
- Seller
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot, Great Britain: David & Charles, 1981. Reprint . Buckram. Very Good++/Near Very Good. 8vo. This is a 1981 reprint of a 1973 original. 8vo. 313 pages including detailed index. Very well illustrated throughout with excellent drawings by George White and 45 crisp black and white photographic plates. In original handsome tan cloth gilt hard cover binding. Very Good++ in Near Very Good attractive pictorial price-clipped dust wrapper which has faded badly on and near the spine. A substantial book. MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK.
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- Bookseller
- Delph Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10741
- Title
- English House Clocks, 1600-1850: An Historical Survey and Guide for Collectors and Dealers
- Author
- Bird, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715357670
- ISBN 13
- 9780715357675
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot, Great Britain
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- CLOCK CLOCKS ENGLISH HOUSE CLOCKS HOROLOGY
- Bookseller catalogs
- clocks;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Delph Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Delph Books
Biblio member since 2015
Manchester, Greater Manchester
About Delph Books
I have been dealing in books for over 40 years now, and I am a long standing member of the P.B.F.A. (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association). I have a book room at home and regularly exhibit at fairs mainly in the North of England.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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